машала

Macedonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish (Turkish maşallah), from Arabic مَا شَاءَ ٱللَّه (mā šāʔa l-lah, “God has willed it”).

Interjection

машала • (mašala)

1. (colloquial) To express admiration, praise.
2. (colloquial) Used against the evil eye. (folk chant)

   Пу, пу, машала! ― Pu, pu, mašala! ― Pu, pu, mashallah!